The DTI fighting for its life - rather ineffectively

Let us say one was a civil servant working for a department that has passed it sell by date - in this case the DTI - wouldn't one expect to be fighting a vigourous campaign, arguing how vital its work was, how gifted its staff were and warning that the four horsemen of the apocalypse were saddling up and offering celebratory sugar lumps to their trusty steeds? Well I would.

However, a spokesbod from the DTI had this to say, “The machinery of government can change but it just depends on where it is being done. The issues we work on aren’t going away. The permanent secretary, Sir Brian Bender, is encouraging staff not to be distracted by the media speculation, and to continue to focus on carrying out their functions effectively. That is what matters – for business and for taxpayers". Not quite 'Cry God for Harry, England and St George', is it?

I think we have reached and gone beyond a tipping point in public administration in that the great departments of state exist because they exist and beyond the employment of Civil Servants they have no reason to be. The Home office is by its own admission 'not fit for purpose' and along with the MOD cannot perform the central function of government that is to protect the individual citizen

I just like the fact that somebody has to go through life descibing self as "Brian Bender""yes we benders have alway lived in hampshire"the DTI is full of benders"" Im a bender ,my father was a bender as was his father before him"

I certainly agree with the Ministry of Fear, created by Alastair Campbell with eager support from Anthony Loony Blair.

The Home Office. The Ministry of Ikea. A flatpak ruling for every need. (I see that 38% of Home Office employees are from "ethnic minorities". As they were underperforming, they simply lowered the standards. Flatpak for easy dissembling.)